Cultures and Religions of the Himalayan Region

Timothy Symington
Glenbrook Middle School, Longmeadow, MA
Grade 7 Social Studies: World Geography

Mission Statement

Standards

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Resources on Climbing Everest

Five Themes

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Web Sites

Lessons

"I was in continual agony; I have never in my life been so tired as on the summit of Everest that day. I just sat and sat there, oblivious to everything...." -- Reinhold Messner, 1980

"I can't understand why men make all this fuss about Everest -- it's only a mountain." -- Junko Tabei

"Everest for me, and I believe for the world, is the physical and symbolic manifestation of overcoming odds to achieve a dream." -- Tom Whittaker

"There is no more grass, no flowers, not even any moss; dusty granite blocks covered the ice and an occasional grinding groan reminded us that we were on a slow-moving glacier." -- Chris Bonnington

"But now that I was finally here, standing on the summit of Mount Everest, I just couldn't summon the energy to care." -- Jon Krakauer